Button-matcher.



Patented Nov. 10, 1908 Pion,

EMANUEL L. BUXBAUM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON-MATCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 14, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Serial No. 421,233.

T o all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL L. BUX- BAUM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful lmprovement in Button-Matchers, ofwhich lthe following is a full, clear, and concise description,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to means Whereby buttons may be readily superposedupon cloth to determine the suitability of the buttons to the cloth.

The invention resides in a sheet of suitable material provided with afairly large opening having means for mounting a button within or abovethe opening, there being sufiicient clearance about the button so thatcloth may be revealed through the opening in order that said cloth maybe compared with the button to determine the suitability of the buttonto the cloth. In the commercial embodiment Vof my invention, there is aplurality of such openings, there being a button disposed in each andeach serving to permit cloth to be seen through the space surroundingthe button. It is the purpose to have a plurality of buttons ofdifferent styles, so that the button most suited to the cloth mayreadily be selected.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanyingdrawing, showing'the preferred embodiment thereof, in which- Figure 1 isa front view of a button matcher with several buttons shown in place,one button being absent to show more fully the nature of the buttonsupport, the supports for the different buttons being similar.

ig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear viewof a portion of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe different figures.

A sheet a of some suitable material, preferably cardboard, has providedtherein the plurality of openings b of a size suflicient to revealtherethroughv enough cloth to enable the comparison of buttons ftherewith. A button support c eXtends over each opening b, thesesupports c desirably extending across each opening l) and being anchoredto opposite marginal portions of each opening by any suitable meanswhich need not be specifically set forth. Each support c is desirablyprovided with an enlargement d at its middle ortion, which enlargementis provided with a number of needle holes e, whereby the buttons may besewed in place. However, I do not wish to be limited to the prevcisemeans whereby the buttons are held in position, nor to other details ofconstruction that are indicated in the dra'wing, as changes may be madein the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 2- 1. A button matcher including a sheet of suitablematerial having an opening therethrough, and a button support positionedto hold a button over or within said opening, said opening being ofsufficient size to afford space about the button through which clothplaced behind the button may be revealed, in order that the button maybe compared with the cloth; the button support having a portion providedwith needle holes, Whereby the button may be sewed upon the buttonsuport.

p 2. A button matcher including a Sheet of suitable material having anopening therethrough, and a button support positioned to hold a buttonover or within said opening, said opening being of sufficient size toafford space about the button through which cloth placed behind thebutton may be revealed, in order that the button may be compared withthe cloth.

In testimony whereof, l sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

EMANUEL L. BUXBAUM.

Witnesses:

MAURIOE L. WILHELM, SADIE S. DUNNE.

